March 16, 2005 | Posted By Diane Pfadenhauer | print this article

US Job Satisfaction Continues Decline for a Decade

The Conference Board recently reported (and as previously noted on benefitsblog by Janell Grenier) that only about half of employees are satisfied with their jobs.  Interestingly, the lower the salary and the lower the age, the lower the level of satisfaction.  Reasons cited for the dissatisfaction include:

  • Technological changes resulting in employees being in touch with the office constantly
  • Rising productivity demands
  • Changing employee expectations regarding work-life balance

I found the most startling statistic to be that only 14% of survey respondents said they were "very satisfied" with their jobs.  That's pretty disappointing that very few of us are truly happy at work!